7-letter words starting with p
- patball — a game involving hitting a ball back and forth between two or more players but at a leisurely, and usually non-strenuous, pace
- patched — repaired with patches; covered with patches
- patchen — Kenneth, 1911–72, U.S. poet and novelist.
- patella — Anatomy. the flat, movable bone at the front of the knee; kneecap.
- patency — the state of being patent.
- pathway — a path, course, route, or way.
- patiala — an important state of the former Punjab States: now part of Punjab in NW India.
- patible — endurable; sufferable; tolerable
- patient — a person who is under medical care or treatment.
- patined — patina.
- patinir — Joachim (ˈjəʊəkɪm). ?1485–1524, Flemish painter, noted esp for the landscapes in his paintings on religious themes
- patmore — Coventry (Kersey Dighton) [kov-uh n-tree kur-zee dahyt-n,, duhv-uh n‐] /ˈkɒv ən tri ˈkɜr zi ˈdaɪt n,, ˈdʌv ən‐/ (Show IPA), 1823–96, English poet and essayist.
- patness — the characteristic of being pat; appropriateness; aptness
- patonce — (of a cross) having limbs which broaden from the centre and are floriated at the end
- patriae — Latin. father of his country.
- patrial — a native of any country who, by virtue of the birth of a parent or grandparent in Great Britain, has citizenship and residency rights there.
- patrick — Saint, a.d. 389?–461? British missionary and bishop in Ireland: patron saint of Ireland.
- patrico — a fraudulent priest
- patriot — a person who loves, supports, and defends his or her country and its interests with devotion.
- patroon — a person who held an estate in land with certain manorial privileges granted under the old Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey.
- pattens — any of various kinds of footwear, as a wooden shoe, a shoe with a wooden sole, a chopine, etc., to protect the feet from mud or wetness.
- pattern — a distinctive style, model, or form: a new pattern of army helmet.
- patting — to strike lightly or gently with something flat, as with a paddle or the palm of the hand, usually in order to flatten, smooth, or shape: to pat dough into flat pastry forms.
- pattles — paddle1 (def 11).
- patulin — a toxic antibiotic, C 7 H 6 O 4 , derived from various fungi, as Penicillium patulum and Aspergillus clavatus.
- paucity — smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness: a country with a paucity of resources.
- paul ii — (Pietro Barbo) 1417–71, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1464–71.
- paul iv — (Gian Pietro Caraffa) 1476–1559, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1555–59.
- paul vi — (Giovanni Batista Montini) 1897–1978, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1963–78.
- pauline — a female given name.
- pauling — Linus Carl [lahy-nuh s] /ˈlaɪ nəs/ (Show IPA), 1901–94, U.S. chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1954, Nobel Peace Prize 1962.
- paulist — a member of the “Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apostle,” a community of priests founded in New York in 1858.
- paunchy — having a large and protruding belly; potbellied: a paunchy middle-aged man.
- paviour — a person that paves; paver.
- paviser — a soldier bearing or using a pavise
- pavlova — Anna [ah-nuh] /ˈɑ nə/ (Show IPA), 1885–1931, Russian ballet dancer.
- pawnage — the act of pawning.
- pawning — to deposit as security, as for money borrowed, especially with a pawnbroker: He raised the money by pawning his watch.
- paxiuba — a tropical South American palm tree, Iriartea exorrhiza
- pay cut — a decrease in pay or salary
- pay day — Pay day is the day of the week or month on which you receive your wages or salary.
- pay for — to settle (a debt, obligation, etc.), as by transferring money or goods, or by doing something: Please pay your bill.
- pay off — to settle (a debt, obligation, etc.), as by transferring money or goods, or by doing something: Please pay your bill.
- pay out — to settle (a debt, obligation, etc.), as by transferring money or goods, or by doing something: Please pay your bill.
- payable — to be paid; due: a loan payable in 30 days.
- payably — profitably
- payback — the period of time required to recoup a capital investment.
- paydirt — soil, gravel, or ore that can be mined profitably.
- paylist — a list of people to be paid
- payload — the part of a cargo producing revenue or income, usually expressed in weight.